Disabled, Former MP, Councillor and author: A Socialist who wants people to survive and have a better life. Rob Pyne is the author of, "Struggle and Resistance in the Far North".
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Chapter Two of Rob Pyne’s Struggle and Resistance in the Far North, is Growing up in Australia. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cot…
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Chapter One of Rob Pyne’s Struggle and Resistance in the Far North, is a glimpse into Far North Queensland politics, history and culture. It is an account of the region’s hidden stories and prominent identities. Rob gives his account in concert with his own personal story. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championofthe…
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UFOs Forever was written by Robert Hunziker and published in Counterpunch. #aliens #ovnis #flyingsaucer #ufosightings #ufologia #extraterrestrials #ufos #ufology #extraterrestrial #ufosighting Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.…
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Owen Bennett is the founding president of the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union. He is currently writing a book for Interventions on trade unions and unemployment in Australia. Published in Jacobin. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.rob…
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Socialist Economist Paul Oboohov talks elections and the left struggle! Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu…
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Did you miss “Australia’s Conservatives Are Cynically Courting the Far Right — and It’s Starting to Backfire Lisbeth Latham in Jacobin? Great article, so listen now. Lisbeth can be found @ revitalisinglabour.blogspot.com Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Websi…
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On His Way to Theoretically Colonize Mars, Elon Musk Is Actually Colonizing South Texas By Abe Asher Published in Jacobin Rob Pyne: Champion of the Underdog! w: http://www.robpyne.com.au t: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne f: https://www.facebook.com/RobJPyne/ I: https://www.instagram.com/robjpyne/ Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.face…
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As Long as Capitalism Exists, the Threat of Fascism Exists, By Pete Dolack. Published on 16 January , 2022 in CounterPunch. Episode 1 Season 2 Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championofth…
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Socialist Alliance Keeps Up The Fight 20/1 Episode 20 - Season 1 Rob Pyne - Champion of the Underdog reads "Socialist Alliance Keeps Up The Fight' by Peter Boyle from Green Left. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: h…
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If We Don’t Get Climate Justice, Shut it Down Published in Counterpunch on 28/-9/21 by PATRICK MAZZA https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/09/28/if-we-dont-get-climate-justice-shut-it-down/ #ClimateChange #climateemergency #climatecrises #auspol #qldpol #SDGs #GlobalGoals #SDG13 #SDG7 #ClimateAction Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.fac…
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Capitalism is making us Lonely and Sick! Yet more evidence of this is provided from the article Capitalism Is Making You Lonely BY COLETTE SHADE. Long before the coronavirus pandemic, we were amid a growing crisis of loneliness. The problem isn’t social media, popular culture, or city living — it’s capitalism. Source: https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08…
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Climate change- What we can learn from our reaction to AstraZeneca by Alan Kohler. Alan Kohler writes twice a week for The New Daily. He is also editor in chief of Eureka Report and finance presenter on ABC news. #ClimateChange #climateemergency #climatecrises #auspol #qldpol #SDGs #GlobalGoals #SDG13 #SDG7 #ClimateAction Support the show Follow us…
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Six Love, Naomi Osaka: Defying Capitalist Decadence in Sport 17/1 By Lekgantshi Console Tleane and published in Counterpunch https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/06/14/six-love-naomi-osaka-defying-capitalist-decadence-in-sport/ Lekgantshi Console Tleane works for the University of South Africa. He can be reached at console.tleane@gmail.com Support the…
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Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic BY STAN COX This article was originally published by The Land Institute’s Land Report. Stan Cox is the author of The Green New Deal and Beyond : Ending the Climate Emergency While We Still Can (City Lights, May, 2020) and one of the editors of Green Social Thought, where this piece first ran. Support the show Follo…
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This week's progressive reading is The Stockton Experiment: How a Guaranteed Income Can Actually Solve Inequality by Sonali Kolhatkar. Published in CounterPunch. Sonali Kolhatkar is the founder, host and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV (Dish Network, DirecTV, Roku) and Pacifica …
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This article by Sonali Kolhatkar was published in CounterPunch on Feb 15, 2021. It was originally produced by Economy for All, a project of the Independent Media Institute. Sonali Kolhatkar is the founder, host and executive producer of “Rising Up With Sonali,” a television and radio show that airs on Free Speech TV (Dish Network, DirecTV, Roku) an…
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Doughnut Economics Boots Capitalism Out by Robert Hunziker as published in Counterpunch @ https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/01/31/doughnut-economics-boots-capitalism-out/ Enjoy this reading Comrades - positive and hopeful. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Web…
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The Nazification of the Republican Party by LORETTA J. ROSS Published on JANUARY 20, 2021 in Counterpunch: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/01/20/the-nazification-of-the-republican-party/ Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ …
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Absence of Abortion Rights is Depriving Latin America of Agency and the Right to Thrive BY TAMARA PEARSON Tamara Pearson is a long time journalist based in Latin America, and author of The Butterfly Prison. Her writings can be found at her blog. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://t…
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Raise a Fist of Solidarity! The time has come for all social progressives to reclaim the fist of solidarity on every occasion we can by Yohuru Williams, Michael G. Long Visit https://progressive.org/ Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpy…
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Hoping for a return to normal after Trump? That's the last thing we need. by Yanis Varoufakis 9/1
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Hoping for a return to normal after Trump? That's the last thing we need Yanis Varoufakis published in The Guardian. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #Champ…
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Talking Marx with My Mate Mick: I talk about Karl Marx and marxist theory, in a down to earth way, with my good mate Mick. Rob Pyne: Champion of the Underdog is committed to policies that help people in poverty and save the planet from destructive capitalism. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twit…
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How the rich are burning our future: How the super-rich are exhausting our global carbon budget. Article by Peter Boyle in the "Green Left" October 1, 2020 Issue 1283. (Episode 7 - Season 1) Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au…
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Revolutionary Reading of the week, "John Pilger: The Stalinist Trial of Julian Assange". Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cotu…
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Witnessing the unthinkable BY Joëlle Gergis New climate modelling suggests planetary crisis is coming much sooner than previously thought. https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2020/july/1593525600/jo-lle-gergis/witnessing-unthinkable?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Briefing%20-%20Wednesday%2022%20July%202020&utm_content=The%20Briefing%20-%20Wedn…
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Check out my interview with Environmentalist, Activist and Champion of the people, Anthony Too. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Website: https://www.robpyne.com.au/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@championoftheunderdog #RobPyne #ChampionoftheUnderdog #cot…
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The Inertia Bugaboo by ROBERT HUNZIKER is our Reading of The Week. We are facing Climate Change on steroids. More articles by:ROBERT HUNZIKER Robert Hunziker lives in Los Angeles and can be reached at rlhunziker@gmail.com. Support the show Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/championoftheunderdog/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobJPyne Web…
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Trump’s Postcard to America From the Shrine of Hypocrisy. Lynnette Grey Bull is a candidate for US Congress. Lynnette serves as Vice President of the Global Indigenous Council and is featured in the critically acclaimed Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) documentary, Somebody’s Daughter. Published in CounterPunch https://www.counterpunch.…
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Episode 1 - My Worst Podcast Ever - 3 June 2020 My first podcast, recorded with Anthony Too. If you struggle, I am one your side! Solidarity! Rob Pyne: Champion of the Underdog! Disabled, Former MP, Councillor and author: A Socialist who wants people to survive and have a better life. Resist and join the struggle! Occupation: Organiser Employer: Wo…
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